Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes

It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

Between friends there is no need for justice, but people who are just still need the quality of friendship; and indeed friendliness is considered to be justice in the fullest sense.

When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.

Friendship- my definition- is built on two things. Respect and trust. Both elements have to be there. And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don't have trust, the friendship will crumble.

We know that there can never be any solid friendship between individuals, or union between communities that is worth the name, unless the parties be persuaded of each other’s honesty.

Between friends there is no bribery. ... the relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.

There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship.

Virtuous men alone possess friends.

The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.

I have friends and family that are filled with massive amounts of integrity. And it shouldn't be an oddity.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

It’s important to be friends with people when you don’t need each other, so that when you do, there’s a strong bond of friendship.

Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity

I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over: Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was — the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room — good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen.

I'll never cheat.

I try not to do it in a way that is hurtful, but I always tell him the truth, and he tells me the same thing. I trust him the most, and I know he trusts me the most.

Commitment is inherent in any genuinely loving relationship.

I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you were a conniver or a fink or whatever, everybody knew about it and you were a louse for the rest of your life. So I never lost those values in some way.

Sooner or later you've heard all your best friends have to say. Then comes the tolerance of real love.

Honesty, willingness to exert oneself, friendship - all these things shaped me too.

Her trust makes me faithful, her belief makes me good.